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"A man would do nothing, if he waited until he could do it so well that no one would find fault with what he has done"
- Cardinal Newman
Showing posts with label Poetry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Poetry. Show all posts

Friday, November 6, 2015

A year of dormancy

6th November 2014 to 6th November 2015

A year has passed
of dormant emotions lying in the sheets
of unknown perplexity.
Opening and closing of closures
and of deeds never achieved.

A year has passed
of escaping from and sometimes running into
the darkness or the light
of another feeling flying
in the vast grasslands under the sky.

A year has passed
of never really writing
of writing and hiding
of sharing the writing
then wondering why did I share.

A year has passed
Upholding in my gut
changing with the world
letting go of certain things
and still adamant on some.

A year has passed
I know none of you
I know some of you
I live in the paper boat
Floating over the chances of knowing you.

A year has passes
my ink has dried
turned from black to grey
like the thoughts that I hid
somewhere in my chest.

A year has passed
I rely on myself
the world is a silly place I tell you
at the end, for yourself
Its only you.

A year has passed
I see some faces brimming up repeatedly
I can depend on them
They feed my irregular thoughts
I wish one was mine in those.

A year has passed
of accepting the fact that
I am not impeccable, I am deniable
I am not a rear view mirror
I am not closer than I appear.

A year has passed
Finally figuring this out
'This' is me
Trying to achieve the dreams
which are stupid to others.

A year has passed
from where I was
to where I am
supposedly where I will be
in another year from now,

would you wait to see?

Picture Courtesy - Hardik Photography

'A year of dormancy' is written just one year after my last post on my blog. My blog which was once so crucial to me, which I nurtured like my own little one, doesnt even exist for me now, unfortunately. I grew indifferent to my will for writing. I wrote in hidden crevices and denied sharing. I was quite the opposite a year back. I certainly come in those people who prefer saying 'I wrote for you', instead of 'I felt for you'.
This post is out of anger and disappointment with respect to the fact that I left writing. Or writing left me...........Or perhaps it never did.

Thursday, November 6, 2014

Dastak

Photo by Neel Kamal Pandey



us jang lagey taale ke peeche
malbey jaisi deewaro ke peeche
main shor hu ya sannata hu
main roshni hu ya andhera hu
tu de dastak, main batata hu
main teri hi kahani hu

kuch yaado ke jaale simte hain
halki dhoop ke mele hain
main ateet hu ya aagaami hu
main mohobbat hu ya nafrat hu
tu de dastak, main batata hu
main teri hi ruswaai hu

tujhe khurechi hui deewarein milengi
tujhe do nahi, kai parchaiyaa milengi
main kuch toote dilo ka raag hu
main ankaha koi fasana hu
tu de dastak, main batata hu
main teri roohani shaam hu

par ek darwaza hai kahi chupa hua
jaha tere jaisa koi hai band pada
main teri aas hu
main tera gumaan hu
tu de dastak, main batata hu
main tujh jaiso ko uksati lagaam hu

Saturday, August 23, 2014

You dont know me

You dont know me.

I'd stand in front of the crossbow
i'd bleed for you.
My hands wont shiver
and words will be over.

You dont know me.

I'd drown in the ocean for you
Yes, I know swimming though.
Weightless body will float
while it awaits for your boat.

You dont know me.

I walk the barren lands
unknown to any man.
Would you come to the rescue?
when you hear I am dead?

You dont know me.

Look at me with the corner of your eyes,
I'll burn with your single sight.
My flesh flying like burning paper
covering the entire sky.

Dont you know me?
Dont you know me by now?



Picture courtesy- Hardik Photography

Sunday, July 27, 2014

Feels right

Bathing in the sulking tides
of whats wrong and whats right
I make the sins come true
Believe me, its real.

Bathing in the lush wild dreams
who thought they could exist
the body moves and lures
it feels so wrong.

Bathing in the starless night
the moon is shining so bright
The world whispers its wrong
You say its right.

Bathing in your acute thoughts
It is so wrong, yet feels so right
The confusions stay
I take a leap moving on.

Bathing in the dusty past
Am doing wrong,
am doing right
I am doing you,
for tonight.


Friday, March 28, 2014

Consume Me

Consume Me
Like the rain would
Consume the soil
Dont leave any trail

Consume me
Like the wind would
Consume the sky
Dont let the Sun shine

Consume me
Like the weeds would
Consume a dead body
Cover me bit by bit

And then mold me
Like a potter would
Mold a vase
out of nothing new

And then mold me
Forgetting my older body
create a new one
From your own hands

And then mold me
Despite many errors
I'll give you countless chances
Let me be discovered

And then mold me
In such a way
that you would love to
consume me
again & again

Sunday, March 23, 2014

Let me be your song

Let me be your song
which you sing to the stars
when you are alone at night
or walking during day time

Let me be your song
Which you can sing to the birds
which at my window, once chirped
they left my paradise for your heaven

Let me be your song
which can open up your doors
of opportunities and love abound

Let me be your song
which you will hum to yourself
in monotonous tone when
you are amongst your friends

Let me be your song
which you can sing to the nature
when it soaks you in monsoon
or sweats you in summers

Let me be your song
which can be played when you
wait for your loved one
on your wedding day at the church

Let me be your song
your voice will give it beauty
Removing all your pains
Magical, Your life remains

Let me be your song, dear love
which you can lull to your kids
somewhere in future
Even when am dead

Let me be your song
which you can change the rhythm of
but the words will always remain the same

And I hope this is written on my tombstone that;
I was sung by the best soul all throughout his life
With each verse you gave me blessings
Making our each memory engrave on the aurora sky

Picture Courtesy- Hardik Photgraphy

Friday, March 21, 2014

A Wine Glass


Its my red soul you know
which has been kissed my many
and it will be like this
for one more eternity

I'll get older and wise
i am called the heaven's angel
taking them to the hell's doors

All I want is my red wine
to be mixed with a tear of yours

The red color might slowly disappear
The kisses on my body of glass
will fade away
its just one tear away



Friday, October 11, 2013

aaj toh sunday hai na..

kya hua agar 
pyaar thoda zyada kar liya
kya hua agar
zarurat se tumhe kuch zyada chu lia
aaj toh sunday hai na
dhoodh ki jagah pyaar pilayenge
wo bhi ubaal ubaal kar tumhe chadhayenge

kya hua agar
narazagi  mein shikhayatein ghol di
kya hua agar
yuhi do chaar baatein thodi teekhi boldi
aaj toh sunday hai na
baaton ko mirchi banake jalayenge
fir upar se maafi ki mithas chakhayenge

kya hua agar
sach ke saath thoda jhooth bhi bol dia
kya hua agar
besabar hoke thoda gussa bhi kar dia
aaj toh sunday hai na
sachi jhoothi baatein dono saath parosenge
farak pehechanne ki poori chhot tumhe denge

kya hua agar
aaj khud ko thoda zyada sanwaar lia
kya hua agar
baalo ko do baar dho lia
aaj toh sunday hai na
itminaan se sajke tumhse duur rahenge
bas tumhari aankho mein khatkenge

kya hua agar
tumhare dost ko darwaze se hi bhaga dia
kya hua agar
agli baar khatkhatane par darwaza hi nahi khola
aaj toh sunday hai na
darwaze ko andar se taala lagake
tumhe apne aabroo mein band karenge

kya hua agar
bahut paas tumhare baith liye
kya hua agar
ghoor ghoor ke mann bharte chale gaye
aaj toh sunday hai na
nazro se khoob khel khelenge
ankahi adhoori baatein sabki guftagoo karenge

kya hua agar
mann ke chilmann ne bhagwaan tumhe maan lia
kya hua agar
tumhari chaukhat ko maathe se laga lia
aaj toh sunday hai na
ek din toh mitti ki murat ko bhulane do
mandir ke bhagwan ko chutti dekar aai hu

kya hua agar
nakhre aaj thode zyada kar liya
kya hua agar
tumhara haath thaamke raat ko paidal thoda zyada chal liye
aaj toh sunday tha na
agle sunday tak tumhe bechain karke jayenge
kuch samaan nahi
bas yaadein idhar udhar rakhke jayenge
bataurte rehna
ab agle sunday ka intzaar karte rehna

Saturday, September 28, 2013

ठंडे पाओं

बारिश के पानी में
फिर ना जाने क्यू
हाथ गरम और
पाओं ठंडे पड़ गये
सोचा फिर कोई नया खेल चला है तुम्हारा
ठंडा गरम, गरम ठंडा
मुड़के देखा पीछे तो कोई था नही
बस कुछ पेरो के निशान
कुछ नरम सी आहटे
दो चार और थोड़ी बातें
बेवफाह तुम नही
पर यादें हैं तुम्हारी
मनचाही अपने मन की करती हैं
जब मन करता है आ जाती हैं
यूही उठकर चली जाती हैं
गढ़ी की टिक टिक
या बारिश की टिप टिप
दोनो तुम्हारे नाम हैं
फिर सीधे पाओं चली
देखा एक धुंधली सी आस है आगे कोई
आँखो का कोहरा है
या मन का विश्वास है
आगे चलने लगी तो पाया
पाओं फिर ठंडे पड़े और हाथ गरम
झूठ कहा था नही आ रहे
अब तो तुम्हारे झूठ सच से ज़्यादा मीठे लगने लगे हैं
खुश्बुओं से कितने महेकाओगे आशियाने को
अछा अब बस भी करो
ये बारिश भी तुम्हारी साजिश है ना
अब बस भी करो
और उस आस ने हाथ थाम लिया
फिर पाओं ठंडे पड़े और हाथ गरम
लेकिन इस बार बारिश को नही कोसा
क्यूंकी अब वजह थे तुम

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

I Rise!



Underneath the oceans
sinking in the depths
when the world abandons
I think
when shall the right time come? 
when shall I rise again?

Waiting desperately for some years
which now appears like decades
the water has gone thick
Its time I risk it all
I say to myself
I shall rise soon! 

And then there's no story
without hurdles and hindrances
the soul shakes from within
Let this be a phase not stage
'This shall pass too'
I will rise soon! 

That night I became
my own exorcist
letting out the evil spirits
a crater left for filling now
lets start it over
Now I can rise again!

Then teeth dont bite
then nails dont scratch
then tears dont heal
just in the desperation
every piece of me
makes one sound
'I rise, I rise now! 

Picture Courtesy- Hardik Photography

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

कुछ समान


कल तुमने कुछ समान माँगा था अपना
आज मैं माँग रही हू
इतना हक़ तो है ना?
हो सके तो लौटा देना


उस रत बिखरा हुआ काजल
तुम्हारे कमीज़ से मला था
वो कमीज़ रख लो
हो सके
तो वो काजल के धब्बे लौटा देना


एक हरा कुर्ता बड़े प्यार से दिया था तुम्हे
जो दरवाज़े की कुण्डी में आकर
फट गया था कौने से
याद है, सीला था मैने उसे
उसी से मिलते झुलते हरे रंग के धागे से
वो कुर्ता रख लो
हो सके
तो वो हरा धागा लौटा देना


पिछली बरसातो में
तुम्हारे ही तौलिए से
सिर सुखाया था मैने अपना
कुछ बाल टूटकर ज़मीन पर गिरे थे
वो तौलिया रख लो
हो सके
तो वो टूटे बाल लौटा देना


कल तुमने कुछ समान माँगा था अपने
आज मैं माँग रही हू
इतना हक़ तो है ना
हो सकते तो लौटा देना

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Dil dhoondta hai..

kitni raatein beet gayi
gin rahe ho na tum? 
mere haalato pe haste hoge na tum?
par aaj bhi
dil dhoond raha hai
un rangeen raato ko
fir un taaro ko

sheeshe mein dekh itminaan se
sochte hoge na?
haule haule bikhar rahi hu? 
par aaj bhi
dil bataur raha hai
toote hisso ko
aage badhne ki chah ko

baarish ki boondo se nafrat ho gayi hogi? 
kyu? harr boond yaad dilati hai meri? 
darwaza band karke duniya se bekhabar ho jate hoge? 
par aaj bhi
baarish ko utna hi sarahti hu main
tumhari nahi
jeene ki yaad dilati hain ye boonde

in sardiya bhi haath garam the tumhare? 
ya bistar ki silvato mein dhoond rahe the mujhe? 
fir razai aansuo se geeli ki hogi? 
par aaj bhi
mann mazboot kar rakha hai
dekha? sardiya bita li na tumhare bina

haan, kabhi kabar
dil intzaar karta hai darwaze ki chaukhat par
bechain hota hai 
fir ladkhadane chahta hai
yaado mein doobne ka bhi jee karta hai
par aaj bhi
dil tumhare bina saans le raha hai
par aaj bhi
dil dhoondh raha hai
tumhe nahi.. kisi aur ko
kyunki dil fir pyaar mein padna chahta hai

Picture Courtesy- Hardik Photography

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

adhoori baatein...

suno, kuch baatein adhoori rehne do
mann bhara rehta hai
takalluf se sochne do
baarish ki boondo ko ginne do
harr boond mein samai tumhare yaado ko
sulagne do
kuch baatein adhoori rehne do


aayine mein khud ko tumhare liye
niharne do
bikhre mann ko aur bikharne do
dil hi dil mein muskuraane do
bechaini mein tadapne do
kuch baatein adhoori rehne do


shabdo ko piroh nahi rahi
aashao ko bataur nahi rahi
sambhalna nahi chahti
girne do.. fisalne do
kuch baatein adhoori rehne do


intzaar mein kiske
khidki par baithi hu kal se
kiske pasandeeda rang se 
khud ko sanwara hai
kyu kisi ke liye 
gam bhi cheeni sa chakh liya
taareekhein aakhir kiske liye gin rahi hu
ye sab chodo
kuch baatein adhoori rehne do

This is a special, very special dedication to PACH. Mainly cos we all keep waiting for the next session and the waiting is always worth. Yes, I have said it many times but I dont mind saying it again- PACH is the best gift I have ever received. 

Picture Courtesy- Hardik Photography

Sunday, August 18, 2013

Too much PACH!?


Yesterday was a bad day. Bad as in.. really bad day. Bad like tiring, head-eating, weird, disheartening,  'I give up'- kind of day.
I revise my day at night. The pictures of day spent passes my head by. I like doing it. Its important to remember, to embrace, to cherish, to improvise... to endure.
Yesterday's picture .... sucked. Literally. Its just hard to sleep with a sad face. Its one things that advances the very next brimming morning. I switched my head. No, not off. I switched it to a happy place. To a place called PACH.
I cant summarize Pach as Poetry and Cheap Humor group. It'll be an insult to keep it framed in four terms when half of your present world's happiness is subsiding in it. Actually, more than half. Sometimes, its the only happiness if life right now existing in real world. Pach took so much from my being. A little hesitant in the beginning, but I saw Pach just asking me to let go. I finally did. It gave me back a thousand times fold than what I gave.
Of course, I grabbed it all.
Its the rainbow- right after a heavy storm.
Its a tree- spreads & grows.
Its the north star- always sticks in blue-black blanket on head; to guide.
Its the family- supports & respects.
Its the friend- just doesn't judge.
Its a child- knows no bounds.
Its a flower- blooms all seasons.
Its a coffee mug- it understands.
Its Sun- looks breathtaking both coming & going.

Pach has taught me epiphany, to utter sense; it just doesn't interpret- only acknowledges.

Last night, I slept with a smile on my face. Thanks Pach! 


It listens; calmly, patiently.
It gives wings to fly.
It stays; time immemorial, it just does.
Its sticks, it embraces, it gives Love.









My special thanks to Saumya di and Anup bhaiya, for giving me the best gift of life- till date.

Photo Credits- Hardik Photography

Sunday, August 11, 2013

aaj mat jao kaam pe...



raat ka saaya gaya nahi abhi tak
tumhari baaton se mann bhara nahi abhi tak
thandi siskiyan jo tum lete ho
majboor kar rahi hain mujhe kehne par
... aaj mat jao kaam pe


baarish ki sulkhiyo mein bheege
garm haath tumhare... yaad toh hain
mehakte huye khushbuo mein
doobte huye gaano mein
shabdo ko batora hai maine
... ki aaj mat jao kaam pe


dhoop kitni hai baahar
thak gaye hoge tum is bhagdaud se
thoda waqt nikal bhi lo
apne liye, mere liye.. hamare liye
aur kya kahu tumhe? 
... bas, aaj mat jao kaam pe


Picture Courtesy- Hardik Photography

Friday, July 26, 2013

Missed?


The air got thin
But I didnt say a word
The picture went all blurred
I waited if it'd settle down
And you say I wasn't there?

Slowly the smoke filled the place
Smoke of hatred
Smoke of pain
Smoke of tolerance
And you say I wasn't there?

The rumors went bad
I didn't give a damn
You kept making it worse
I struggled all within
And you say I wasn't there?

Time never takes a flair
Then you say life isn't fair
Something keeps going wrong
True, what goes up will come down
Does it mean I wasn't there?

Oh! your reminisces
Its just a matter of time
A temporary piece of time, I promise
Then you say I wasn't there?
But my heart conjures otherwise.

When there's nothing to look back and only letting go
“Well, now
If little by little you stop loving me
I shall stop loving you
Little by little
If suddenly you forget me
Do not look for me
For I shall already have forgotten you

If you think it long and mad the wind of banners that passes through my life
And you decide to leave me at the shore of the heart where I have roots
Remember
That on that day, at that hour, I shall lift my arms
And my roots will set off to seek another land” 
― Pablo NerudaSelected Poems

Monday, July 22, 2013

Melting Snow


The pain is over
The wait is done
The power to hold you
Is what I yearn
To look beyond the night
And hover above almighty sky
You make me forget the imperfect ones
As if you are the first & only
Your brown eyes & soothing soul
Will it be mine? I want to know
Oh! your warm skin and trembling hands
Makes my feet go cold & skin blush
My hopes, my desires are born again
Afresh, anew
Yes, you are the cause
Be mine, thats only I ask
I want to grow, I want to cry
I want to smile, I want to shy
I want to weep, I want to hide
I want to endure, I want to fly
The old skin will melt soon
I want to break the bonds
Take me to all heavens above
You made me realize- I love "Love"

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

First Rain

A winter, an autumn have passed
Since I haven't seen you
Your hands that embraced
Your love that swept me
Are all counted in the bygone days

The heavy rain proves it
The leaves that fall, the shelter it breaks
Maybe you broke mine

But crippled flowers bloom again
Even after the heavy rain
Yes, its time to bid goodbye
To your memories I don't want to recognize

Look! the rain has come
Washing me ashore to a new land
Which doesn't have a magic you once had

After witnessing thousand showers with you; for you
This one is mine and only mine
My First Rain is here
It wants me to grow once more
Absolute, Determined

Sunday, June 16, 2013

Thousand times...

A thousand times I have seen you
Spell bounded; breathtaking
Begetting beautiful thoughts in my mind
I see paradise

A thousand times I have felt you
Indeed; you are a nature's fancy
Mystery you remain to most of us
Capture me under your tyranny

A thousand times you have held me
Your warmth is all I see
Penetrating deep down my skin
Usher me in the heavens of all kind

A thousand times you have come to me
Crossing miles and miles
I yearn for you more;
stay with me all night

A thousand times I have tried
To tell the world what you mean to me
But words fail to describe
That... "You complete me"

Friday, May 31, 2013

Goodbye My lover, Goodbye My friend

-of mistakes, of pain, of agony

Yesterday we shook our hands for the last time
All this while I had waited for a gesture from your side
And when it finally did;
It brought me serenity, peace & smile

Maybe the time has come
when I see everything in black & white
The old photos bring you to me
the innocent smiles on our tired faces

The lilies have grown and faded
Spring had come and gone
But not has just spring indeed;
Many seasons have passed us by

The clock is tired of reminding me
that I should grow against the odds
Still I have been so resilient
That I'd never let it depart

Is it just me or you too?
Lest we make a change
And grow out of cowardliness
Without the convolutions

And so I let my fear go
Not only because the time asked me to
Well, cos I had to grow stronger
And let those gaps disappear

Not wondering how and when
Not thinking whether you'd accept it or not
The pale skin is about to fade; of mine
Ready to thrive!

When the wounds open, they often tend to heal

Photo Credits: Hardik Photography